Honestly, this has been one of my most favorite episodes of Discovery in quite a long time. Very impressed.

Not to mention that the "time bug" was a product of the Krenim, the antagonist from Voyager's "Year of Hell".

The bridge crew finally got some lines!

Overall, a really fun episode and loved the Ariam cameo. For a sec, I thought the Calypso short trek timeline would be explained.

the Enterprise in JJ's Star Trek was also constructed on the ground.

This was the type of episode discovery has needed. Singular story in its town right, which was fun and didn’t take its self too seriously. Loved seeing the return of Airiam as well

Reminded strongly of the season 7 Voyager episode, "Shattered". These were both great episodes. It was awesome to see Airiam again.

Loved this Episode - SO Good!

I'm very impressed, this gotta be one of their best episode😮 honestly the acting was superb it felt so natural and the special effects were done really well by the end of the episode I didn't feel annoyed or left scratching my head everything just flowed. I'm happy there wasn't that stupid cliche cliff hanger that they always do

The reason they used the personal transporters to go from the bridge to the ready room is so when they tried to do the reverse they alone were immune to the affects of time jumping (in that they remembered each time jump). It was a plot device. And having Stamets' tardigrade DNA giving him the same ability was also a plot device borrowed from the Harry Mudd episode ('Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad') so they could work as a team.

The reason that the Discovery crew are going to follow Moll and L'ak is because presumably during the 6 hours the Discovery crew lost, Moll and L'ak found the next clue and are heading where it leads. Moll and L'ak knew to go where Discovery was because the time bug broadcasted their location as explained earlier when an unauthorized transmission was detected by the crew.

This episode was sort of a copy of the Harry Mudd episode from an early season when he took over the ship using repeating time and only Stamits could help.

This was my favourite, episode, watched it 3 times back to back BUT that wig !!!! Michael's wig !!!! Wow !!! Naah they did her dirty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sana at the end it, was chilling there at the back....especially after the fight with self !!!

You must remember Discovery was an early built starship back in the day when they were built at the docks at Sam Francisco. The dedication park in the TOS Enterprise states it was built there and as mentioned by others it was shown in JJ’s Star Trek. As for the episode I would rate it as very good but with the occasional writing hiccups we are used to in Discovery.

Terrific episode! Burnham vs. Burnham! 🫸👊🫷😆

The new first officer is a breath of fresh air!

In all honesty, I thought either Lorca or Ash Tyler would make a cameo. But I am so happy that it was Airiam, up until now I'm still imagining what kind of upgrades she'll received in the 32nd century if she's alive. The only thing I'm disappointed at, is that season in once again is another galaxy wide ending scenario.

Linus small time in this episode was Comedy Gold!

And the Temperal Prime Directive wasn't broken because it was mentioned that the past selves wouldn't remember any events... 😏

I thought I recognised the alien at the start of this episode as the member of a race we saw in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Void" I checked and yes, he's the same race. Not sure if his race was addressed in the episode, but the character was General Valen.

Last weeks title jinaal is the carribean word for trickster

I agree about drydock v San Francisco! Ever since the Kelvin timeline showed us NCC-1701 being built on land while Kirk watched, it's never made physical sense. However, since I actually enjoyed this episode, I'm willing to believe it's just the upper bridge section module being worked on but at Starfleet?! Not even a shipyard! Hmmm. Of well, it may also be a wallpaper the tech guy was running for ambiance.

Weapons dealer is an Annari from Voyager.

Good to see Booker take off his shirt again!

All of the positive feedback on this episode is refreshing. Well deserved! Real Star Trek episode here. The Time Bug was a macguffin. How could such a small device generate enough power (sustained) to create multiple time distortions? Also agree with the plausibility of bare knuckles knocking out helmeted bad guys. No issue with Earthbound ship building. Also agree with the drowning out of all of the techno-babble.

Sounds like a Voyager episode with different parts of the ship in different time pockets only flipped.

Anthony Rapp as Stamets rates high on the scale as one of the best "Trek-no-babble" deliverer of lines in all Trekdom.

according to the trekmovie recap/ review, he is annari. last seen on voyager.

This episode was excellent. Loved the technical babble

Stamits might not have been able to hit the Time Bug because it probably had the shield like we see later, so it probably wouldn't have made a difference... 😏

Your theories that everything being discussed on the bridge with the old crew, and convincing Ariam her fate, and how they were messing up the time continuum, I found kind of humorous. It was mentioned somewhere else, if the 3 stuck in the time loop, future Bernam, the new Cmdr, and Staments, were successful, everything that happened in this episode, within the line loop confusion, never happened. Is my understanding of Stements I think explained to someone, all those timeline disruptions reset themselves, and none of them would know or remember the interruption! Maybe it was on the bridge, Ariam I think said something like that?

Nice to Arium (sp?) and Bryce back in their brief appearances. I appreciate your analysis of the show!

I would honestly be terrified if I worked at a place where my boss could just "appear" in my workspace at any given moment.

They do deduce that the temporal spider thingy was introduced by Moll/L'ak while the crew was on Trill...

It's so annoying when they are like 'we only have thirteen minutes', and an eternity passes!

If you think back in the eoisode where the young captain Kirk, (Hemsworth) deciding to join star fleet drives his motorcycle to the shipyards then gives his keys to one of the workers. That constitution class starship was being constructed on planet, I thought Utah for some reason. So there's been a couple star trek movies depicting ships being built on the Planet. The refitting and repair, normally happens in space dock.

Straight loved it!

Because of the spore drive the Discovery would have beeen top secret while being built so it would make sense for Starfleet to keep its construction as close to home-San Fracisco-as possible.

L'ak is a Breen...

I couldn’t keep up with the techno babble but it was a fast moving entertaining bottle episode 🖖🏽

Great video and as for the arms dealer, he looks, at least in part, similar to a Jem'Hadar from DS9.

Great episode. It's going to so disappointing if we get to the end of the final season for it to be cancelled on the previous three if the remaining episodes continue to deliver.

@Sci-Finatics Great breakdown Nick and I agreed with everything you stated. There were scenes and moments which made me scratch my head and didn't make sense to me. It was an okay episode. The standout for me is Rayner, whose dialogue and acting is very much in point. He is an interesting character.

Usually dont like time ones this mutch.

A minor plot hole, but surely 'Capt. Burnham' would have remembered fighting 'young Burnham' in her youth? It's exactly the sort of thing that should be recorded in either ship's or her personal log? Also, it would mean Burnham should remember Rayner when she first met him a few episodes ago, pulling a phaser on someone should ensure the memory remains. Finally, I thought transporters filtered out nasty things, so how come the 'time bug' escaped detection?

again, this season is okay, but nothing to brag about. I liked seeing Ariam again.

This has been one of my favourite Discovery episodes, but I did have one nitpick that bothers me. Stamets is aware of the time jumps because of his tardigrade DNA, but the last time jump they make is back to a time before Stamets has any tardigrade DNA. That should mean he wouldn't be aware of what's going on in the final jump.

looks like a Jem'Hadar Cardassian XXX(green race) mix to me

for some reason the release date on Paramount plus in the UK has been put back a week to 25 April for this episode

looks like the matter dude from the ice planet western

@Sci-Finatics Remember that we saw the Enterprise being built on Earth in the JJ-verse Star Trek film, but I can forgive you for trying to erase that monstrosity from your memory :)

Is it just me or the sound before time jumps was very similar to the black mirror intro sound effect right befor the screen cracks?

Discovery has been usually underrated particularly by old fans. Decrying “wokeness.” But I think this will be a much loved series for decades to come. EVERY ST show had stumbles and Disco had its share - the cause of the burn (ugh), more “soap opera” than I like - there were some great new ideas put forth, as well as good writing, and fantastic acting.

One excellent episode, finally something i really enjoyed re: STD. If you listen very carefully when they are spewing tons of technical babble they do get into the whole concept of how they fly faster then the speed of light and sit inside the 'warp bubble' so time problems do not occur. Think essentially the two twin brothers problem where one stays on earth and the other flies away on a rocket at the speed of light (forget the science impossible stuff we are theorizing here) they explain rather quickly but do explain the warp bubble and how time is handled and breaking the bubble pushes the times etc.. really essentially they start explaining 'best they can' E=mc2 and the output for how time is controlled with faster then light travel -- i thought ok that is cool never really discussed in star-trek before to this level -- about the warp bubble etc.. this whole episode was very enjoyable -- make more like this and STD would be a good show -- they can act - I thought they all did great acting seeing the two Burnans was really nice -- and she acted really well -- i have to admit this i enjoy myself watching this STD episode which is rare since season 1.

Some people just have a problem with a Black Vulcan woman in charge. Do you have a problem with Spock’s father, he is really an unlikable person.😢

"this is just silly" sums it up perfectly.

Section 31 guest stars from all recent shows and movies to your a near bow on the alternative time line

my only issue with this episode was strange techno babble😂it felt a little like nonsense I was wondering how do they even have a Timeloop clock I just had to go with it turn of your brain

What is the ship in the middle bottom of his shirt?

If Lorca or Phillips would have made a cameo appearance would have been epic. But they didn’t ask me for advice.

I was surprised the uniform difference wasn't mentioned/noticed more in the episode. It's so completely obvious that S5 disco uniforms are different than S1/S2 uniforms.

I enjoyed the episode but the story line seemed recycled from a episode (Shattered) in Voyager season 7 .

You saw what the spider can do and you still wanted stamets to smack it?

This episode shows why we need at least two more seasons

That dude looks almost like Tosk from DS9 season 1. The nose is different though.

The weapons dealer in the beginning?? Was he Ferrangi?? They were a scandalous species in TNG and DS9 seasons, maybe even Voyager beginnings? I'm only guessing, they didn't look exactly like that guy, but did have an ugly appearance, with ugly bulges on their foreheads almost. Maybe. Could be. Your dry dock confusion? That Ship was the very simplest form of the frame of the ship! I would assume the frame is started on the surface, and some how lifted to space and attached to a space dock! I've always wondered in all the Star Trek ships in the past seasons, shows, series, were built from initial construction of the frame, but it sort of makes sense to start it on the surface. Think Star Wars death Star developing started and the battle cruisers engines were being built on the surface! 🤔🤔

One of the better eps of discovery but its still got stupid stuff in it, the beaming to another room was so bad.

I heard then reference the kremlin - right?

I have to ask:: What interstellar race is Raynor? He certainly is not Vulcan (the ears are all wrong). Maybe he is a Romulan hybrid with another race; but which one? Please help me out!

it was trash! a time travel bug? the search for plot! next week the time shite activated by flush

It was fine. There were so many of those pauses that take me out. Im not sure if they are just poorly written but this is the first time in life I’ve been annoyed by “pace”. There’s 2 episodes to include this one where they take a loss…. Then just sit there. I’m going to go do the math on this emoting and see how much time they would have saved on this time sensitive mission. It was fine. I maintain: I almost shocked myself binging DS9, a show that I can remember “my”/their premier and never missed one 32 years ago, while my main task was wiring a fixture in my man cave. I was distracted by something so good on TV that my mind skipped over “now cut the power it’s supposed to be dark”, caught myself, dumb scary thing. That will never happen with STD, I was hanging the curtains on episode 5x2 and I had to rewind when I was done. I mean that could be a good thing but…

Discovery was an experimental variation of the Crossfield with, essentially, a hydroponics bay (spore chamber). Maybe it makes sense it was being built on Earth?

WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN TELEPORT🙄😅

Burnham knew about the changlings post Kirk era?

This was a good episode of Star Trek. Some annoying STD traits, as usual, but it was fine. Best episode in a long time.

"it's a time bug". LOL, OK writers. smh

not that it is well written but, it did not break the temporal prime, they just talked about in the scene before time was not set on that jump until the next jump

I know I sound a bit silly... but ill always watch the first few seconds of your review BEFORE watching the episode myself... just waiting to hear words like 'this was a good episode' etc.. But now you have your little montage before the video begins proper its kindof spoilery before the video gets going so Ill be sensible going forward and not start watching the review video before watching the episode!

I like how they threw in a male version of early burnhum for us to reflect on why we are willing to accept him and not michael 😊

My concern: is discovery not a secret project? We have a lot of plane spotters and i suppose ob space ships it would be much more audience if on earth. So the people will be wondering what is the purpose in space and what is the flight plan… so it should be build somewhere in the desert in area51 blocked by views. Especially because its unique design

Finally a good episode for this season.

This was a wasted episode. It felt like a filler episode. Like they didn't have a story to tell and were out of time and just came up with some fluff for a filler episode. A shame to waste a full episode this way in what is their last season. It's not like they produce very many episodes per season either. Basically, the episode was dedicated to forced bonding between Rayner and Michael.

I always catch spiders with a glass. But there are no dangerous spiders where I live.

This was a classic filler episode

They Could of Done so Much More for this Episode, They Could of Had Burnham Rayner and Staments go Through Time not Only in Discovery's Timeline but Throughout Star Trek History. For Example if I Was Writing this Episode Burnham Rayner and Staments would of Time Jumped to DS9 During the Events of Star Trek DS9 Season 4 Episode 1 Way of the Warrior when the Klingons were Invading DS9, The Next Time jump could of been During the Events of Balance of Terror and Burnham Rayner and Staments would of Found Themselves on Kirk's Ship During the Romulan Battle and we could Hear Shatner's Kirk on the Coms System.

Why on earth would he kill what he would assume to be just a normal bug. As far as he knows it’s just a bug.

Everyone have become so lazy in the 32nd-century, its funny that there's no obesity. The Krenim Chronophage (time-eater) is an unusual device, it's not eating time, so it's possible the name sounded cool so they used it. The helmet punching was nuts, but the real let down of this episode is Discovery itself, this could've been a great way to link to Calypso (not just the music) and actually arrive aboard that Discovery.

Nick, like you. Another time travel episode? Say it is not show!?! *pun* Nick, nice guy. Discover a horrible show.

I’m trying to give is a chance this season. But she’s such an unlikable captain. I don’t know if I’m the minority or not.

if this is the future, ya they can keep it to them selfs. its like being forced to watch a drag show. constant cringe overload, they only good characters are book and the new first officer, the rest is a clown cast.

This episode didn't disappoint. Berman once again made it clear that everything on her starship was to be done her way. The only nice thing about this episode was the new commader Rayner. Shutting up the crew before they went on and on. Even gay engineer was blabbering about something, using big words that would probably confuse real engineers and people at NASA. At the end was pretty much the same. Crew members, taking time away from their duties of who knows what they do and sit on the bridge having committee meetings. Because i guess that's what these woke gen z writers think naval and military crew should do, instead of maning their stations and being alert. I guess we should be thankful we didn't get another episode of Tilly telling her superior officer what she thinks because thats what they do for real on a naval ship . But because its Berman star ship, the crew get away with little things that would actually get them tossed in the brig and a court martial. Then again, Berman should have been in prison since the first season since she started the war between the Federation and Klingons.

I have to disagree, just killing a life form goes against the tenants of Starfleet.

It was fine,, but I’ve never rewatched any Disco ever and it’s been so long I don’t remember who any of these old characters (other than black and blue face) or references to moments to old seasons they were making. And yes no more 10,000 steps a day with transporter communicators thingos. Also such a generic bridge crew I couldn’t work out if the ones at the back and side were the same as the ones we have know or if people came back. Worst bridge crew ever!

Tried continue watching Discovery after season 2....but the characters are just not likable. Well...at least we still have Strange New Worlds, and BUMMER that lower Decks has been cancelled.

STD sucks so bad haha. Unlikeable characters, even with my brain on zero i couldnt handle the plotholes, cheesy teenage dialogue, etc..

Discovery is stupid 🙄

This show is so poorly acted and so poorly written lol, try watching this with none fan in the room, it’s cringe - the lack of budget is screaming at me

This was a poorly written episode that was clearly inspired by the Voyager episode "Shattered." Parts of this were definitely entertaining but sadly very derivative and thin. See the "original" would be my suggestion

Discover a horrible show.

This is why this show has failed... we're already watching a starship crew, at least stay within your universe's rulebook or explain how you didn’t LIKE EVERY OTHER modern successful Trek. I wanted to love Disco, but no, just no.